#79C8D9#79C8D9

#79C8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.081 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8D9
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -19.88, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 25.56, 218.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0682 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.081 213)
XYZ	xyz(41.0592, 50.3802, 73.1929)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8D9 #D98A79

analogous

#79D9BA #79C8D9 #7998D9

triadic

#79C8D9 #D979C8 #C8D979

tetradic

#79C8D9 #BA79D9 #D98A79 #98D979

square

#79C8D9 #BA79D9 #D98A79 #98D979

split-complementary

#79C8D9 #D97998 #D9BA79

monochromatic

#3093A8 #49B4CB #79C8D9 #A9DCE7 #D8EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#79C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#79C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8D9

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8D9	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CCFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.081 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8e4',
    500: '#79c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8d9;
$custom-light: #a5d8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.625,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78799,
    "c": 0.08126,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.50383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8D9

secondary

#AB5C4B

accent

#3F22C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8D9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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